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Dönnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs Magnum

Nahe, Germany 2018 (1500mL)
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Dönnhoff Felsenberg Riesling Grosses Gewächs Magnum

 For those still scratching their head upon seeing Grosses Gewächs: this is the end-all and be-all category for elite dry German Riesling. The world has become enraptured by these texturally rich, explosively mineral gems, and Dönnhoff’s releases consistently compete at the uppermost level of wine, as evidenced by today’s bottle. I suggest you decant one of these 2018s for no less than two hours to discover an absolutely ripe/intense/exotic mineral beast while preserving all your others for the next 10, 20, even 30+ years. Kaffir lime, green mango, white peach, pineapple, Meyer lemon, and tangerine blast out of the glass like a cannon and release savory shrapnel in the form of crushed white rock, smoke, candied ginger, salted citrus, gunflint, dried herbs, acacia, grapefruit zest, and honeysuckle. It’s bold and assertive, unafraid to flaunt its searing minerality and gorgeous layers of ripe, nervy fruit. With the larger format, you can enjoy some with friends and save the rest to enjoy a few days later. The wine keeps remarkably fresh and laser focused. The golden elixir that keeps on giving. One is not enough! 

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Germany

Western Germany

Pfalz

The Pfalz is Germany’s second-largest wine region (behind Rheinhessen, which it borders to the south). The vineyards are situated between the thickly forested Haardt Mountains and the western bank of the Rhine River, with soils that are rich in loam mixed with sandstone, loess (wind-blown silt), and chalky clay.

Western Germany

Rheinhessen

he Rheinhessen is Germany’s largest-production wine zone and, in comparison to some of the dramatic valleys further north, is a more open landscape of gently rolling hills.

Western Germany

Saar

The Saar River is a tributary of the Mosel (and in-cluded in the broader “Mosel-Saar-Ruwer”) PDO designation with vineyards perched on steep slopes of blue Devonian slate. The rocky soils and cool temperatures of these northerly valleys produce Germany’s most chiseled, high-acid  styles of Riesling.

Southwestern Germany

Baden

Baden, Germany’s southernmost wine region, has a long history with the “Pinot” family. The region’s vineyards were planted by the same Cistercian Monks who established Pinot Noir in Burgundy. Bordered by the Rhine River and the Black Forest, Baden has diverse soils—everything from loess (silt) to volcanic tuff to limestone, the most prized Pinot Noir soil of all.

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